Mom Arrested for Bringing a Knife to Her Teen Daughter's Fistfight

Video footage shows her encouraging her daughter to fight.

A Florida mom was arrested for allegedly driving her 13-year-old daughter to a fight and bringing a knife with her, ABC News reports.

The mom, Tabitha Anne Bennett, sent a Facebook message to a 14-year-old girl she thought was bullying her daughter and told her to show up to a location where she could fight her. The arrest affidavit says Bennett drove up to the location of the fight, left her car holding a knife, and told the surrounding crowd that no one was allowed to join in on the fight.

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Police say two people posted video footage of the fight on social media, which showed Bennett kicking and pulling the young girl's hair, and encouraging her daughter to "get on top of her" and "kick her ass."

Bennett was released from jail Sunday and the video footage has not been released, since it's being considered a child abuse case.

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